Distributed power and energy storage: lessons from Hurricane Sandy

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The entire Important Media community is supremely relieved and grateful that our east coast colleagues: Tina Casey, Chris Demorro, and our Green Diva, Meg, have come through the storm in good shape (some might even go so far as to say that they “weathered” the storm well, but I would personally never stoop so low [...]

Powerless but Grateful in a Post-Sandy World

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We are in northern, NJ. We were hit pretty hard by Sandy, but from what I can tell, we got off easy compared to lower Manhattan, Queens and the Jersey shore. It is day 4 of powerlessness. Feeling pretty grateful for a lot of things – natural gas service, gas fireplaces, gas hot water heater, [...]

Garden State Farm Market Stop with Green Diva Lisa

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 They don’t call it the Garden State for nothin’, New Jersey produces some of the best produce in the nation. Last month on my way to our old radio station www.homegrownradionj.com, where I still do a music show with my brother on the Uncle Buggy Show, when I’m in town, I stopped at Silver Lake [...]

Community Supported Agriculture is Growing Like a Weed!

There’s a new CSA forming in the Morristown area!  This is great news as shares are sold out in several other area CSAs.  What is a CSA?  CSA stands for community supported agriculture.  The basic idea is that a farmer grows for a group of members who have purchased shares in the harvest in advance [...]